Assessment of Drug Prescription by Phone

Completed

• Conditions: Drug Advice by Phone

• Registration Number: NCT02889120
• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon

Brief Summary

Prescription of medicines by telephone in French medical call Centres is a part of the general practitioners activity.

This study aimed to described drug prescription by phone (MTP) performed in four medical call centers. The primary objective is to evaluate adherence to french practice guidelines for the drug prescription by phone (Haute Autorité de Santé, 2009) The secondary objective is to evaluate the risk/benefit ratio for drug prescription by phone.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-09
• Primary Completion: 2013-10
• Study Completion: 2013-10
• Status Verified: 2016-08
• Study First Submitted: 2016-08-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-08-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-08-31
• Study First Posted: 2016-09-05
• Last Update Posted: 2016-09-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1263

Inclusion Criteria

• All phone calls, from september to october 2013, leading to a drug prescription by a general practitioner of four medical call centres..

Exclusion Criteria

• Medical emergency
• Patient refusing or not able to provide consent.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Risk/benefit ratio for drug prescription by phone	3 days
Adherence to Practice Guidelines for the drug prescription by phone	3 days	The aim is to measure the adherence to HAS (Haute Autorité de Santé, 2009) pratice guidelines for the drug prescription by phone